October 11, 2023, HOUSTON — The 2023 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards was held on Wednesday evening at the Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas (U.S.). The black-tie gala recognized the energy industry’s leading innovations and thought leaders. "We received more than 400 submissions this year, the most we have ever received! From these, more than 180 finalists were selected. With such a diverse and innovative field of technologies and thought leaders, just being nominated was a huge achievement," said Lee Nichols, Vice President, Content for Gulf Energy Information. Honorees received awards in 43 categories, encompassing the full breadth of the energy industry. Today’s innovations, many of which would have seemed far-fetched a generation ago, are enabling operators to find and produce hydrocarbons more safely, economically and efficiently. A complete list of the categories and winners is as follows:

Best Advancement in Maintenance Technology – Midstream: ReCAP Emissions Reduction System™ – WeldFit

Best Catalyst Technology: The ECAD™ Platform for Dual Catalyst Systems – ART Hydroprocessing

Best Completions Technology: Freedom Series Completion System – Downing Wellhead Equipment

CCS/CCUS/Carbon Removal Project of the Year: Glacier Carbon Capture Facility – Entropy, Inc.

Best Coating/Corrosion Advancement Technology: Honeywell Corrosion Predict® Crude – Honeywell

Best Controls, Instrumentation, Automation Technology – Upstream: Intelligent Power Management – SLB

Best Controls, Instrumentation, Automation Technology – Downstream: Experion® PKS Highly Integrated Virtual Environment (HIVE) – Honeywell Process Solutions

Best Deepwater Technology: EarthStar® X Near-bit, Shallow and Ultra-deep Resistivity Service – Halliburton

Best Drilling Technology: Red Zone Robotics (RZR) Rig Floor Automation Module – Canrig Drilling Technologies

DE&I in Energy: South Ghawar Producing Department Energy Management Team "EnMT" – Saudi Aramco

Best Digital Transformation – Upstream: FLOCO® (Field Layout Concept Optimizer) – Repsol Sinopec Brasil, Shell Brasil, ExxonMobil and Deep Seed Solutions

Best Digital Transformation – Midstream: Sales Gas Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Tool (SMART) – Saudi Aramco and Emerson

Best Digital Transformation – Downstream: Additive Manufacturing Successful Scale-up in Yanbu Refinery – Saudi Aramco

Energy Advisory of the Year: The United States Energy Association (USEA)

Energy Legal Services Provider of the Year: Bracewell LLP

Best EOR Technology: SmartWater Flooding - A Sustainable EOR Technology – Saudi Aramco

Best Exploration Technology: Automated Lithology – SLB

Best Outreach Program: Energy Venture Camp – Shell USA

Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution – Upstream: Articulating HSE Strategies Through an Integrative Systematic Model – Saudi Aramco

Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution – Midstream: AI-powered vision for improving monitoring, safety, environmental and operational performance in the oil and gas industry – IntelliView Technologies Inc.

Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution – Downstream: Situational Awareness Platform – CYBERNETIX

Large-cap Energy Firm of the Year: Reliance Industries Limited

Mid/Small-cap Energy Firm of the Year: Nabors Industries

Innovation in Pipeline Engineering – Midstream: Dual Power Source System – Dual Drive Technologies

Best Modeling Technology: Imubit’s Closed Loop Neural Network™ Platform – Imubit

Best Oilfield Fluids and Chemicals: EcoShield geopolymer cement-free system – SLB

Best Petrochemical Technology: Lummus’ Net Zero Cracker – Lummus Technology

Best Pipeline Integrity Technology: SmartPipe® Replacement of Pipeline in Roanoke County, VA – Enbridge, Inc

Best Production Technology: Active Seat Gate Valve – Oil States

Best Refining Technology: Polynaphtha™ – Axens

Energy Project of the Year – Upstream: Co-Producing Geothermal Power from Reservoirs – FutEra Power

Energy Project of the Year – Midstream: Hydrocarbon Transport Segment – Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos

Energy Project of the Year – Downstream: S-OIL Shaheen Crude-to-Chemicals Complex – S-OIL, Aramco and Lummus Technology

Most Promising Engineer – Upstream: Shannon L. Eichmann – Aramco Americas

Most Promising Engineer – Midstream: Kshama Roy – DNV

Most Promising Engineer – Downstream: Bianca Ulrich – Lummus Technology

Lifetime Achievement – Upstream: Anuj Gupta – Aramco Americas

Lifetime Achievement – Midstream: Thomas Bubenik – DNV

Lifetime Achievement – Downstream: Rakshvir Jasra – Reliance Industries Limited

Energy Leader of the Year: Nasir K. Al-Naimi – Saudi Aramco

Operators of the Year – Upstream: Equinor

Operator of the Year – Midstream: Enbridge

Operator of the Year: ExxonMobil

The 2023 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards were generously sponsored by Aramco, Expro, Lummus Technologies, Halliburton, SLB, RAV Technologies, Eddie V’s, and the Women’s Global Leadership Conference in Energy.

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